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¶ The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness, but of every one that is too hasty, only to want.

¶ The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of those that seek death.

¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them because they refuse to do judgment.

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The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[a](B)

The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(C)
    for they refuse to do what is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death